Matthew Cheswick, 22, of Cooksville, had just finished his junior year at Towson when he was killed in Ocean City on Memorial Day 2012.

Diogo Facchini, 31, of Lorton, Va., pleaded guilty to negligent homicide with a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and failure to immediately stop at the scene of a fatal accident. He was sentenced in November to a decade in prison, half of which was suspended by a judge.

In all of the photos Cheswick's family showed 11 News of their son, few showed him without a huge smile, which is why his friends called him "Cheese."

"In every picture you see of him, he had that big cheese smile. That was him. I miss it," said Cheswick's father, Christopher Cheswick.

"He never wronged anybody. He was just such a positive person," said friend Ryan Hanft.

Pictures are all Cheswick's loved ones have left since Facchini drunkenly hit and killed the 22-year-old as he crossed Coastal Highway in Ocean City. Facchini was sentenced to five years in prison, but less than a year into that sentence, Cheswick's parents got a letter informing them that Facchini was eligible for a parole hearing.

"It just took my heart out again," Christopher Cheswick said.

"It struck a sick nerve in my body. It's like pouring salt on an opened wound. It's just horrible," said friend Carl Brown.

"What I really want is for him to change his ways, and I want him to spend the amount of time in jail that it takes for that to happen," Roe said.

She said she's not angry at the man who ran down her first-born son because she heard her late son tell her to forgive.

"He said to me, 'Mom, you have to forgive him.' I literally stopped dead in my tracks and said, 'Matthew, of course I forgive him.' I mean, our Lord forgave his murderers on the cross. How can I do any less?" Roe told 11 News.

The rest of Cheswick's loved ones said they're struggling with forgiveness, and revisiting Facchini's sentence is compounding their grief. Luke Cheswick said he's coping by focusing on the positive effects his older brother had on his life.

"He really cared for me. He knew that I needed him to be there with me. I never thought that he wouldn't be there," the younger Cheswick said.

So far, no date has been set for the parole hearing. To view the petition to keep Facchini in prison, click on the link above.